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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2012-07-18 23:58:24 +0200
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>2012-07-18 23:58:24 +0200
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Merge branch 'fixes' into pm-sleep
The 'fixes' branch contains material the next commit depends on.
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-rssd21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd17
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-rssd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-rssd
index 679ce3543122..beef30c046b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-rssd
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-rssd
@@ -1,26 +1,5 @@
-What: /sys/block/rssd*/registers
-Date: March 2012
-KernelVersion: 3.3
-Contact: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com>
-Description: This is a read-only file. Dumps below driver information and
- hardware registers.
- - S ACTive
- - Command Issue
- - Completed
- - PORT IRQ STAT
- - HOST IRQ STAT
- - Allocated
- - Commands in Q
-
What: /sys/block/rssd*/status
Date: April 2012
KernelVersion: 3.4
Contact: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com>
Description: This is a read-only file. Indicates the status of the device.
-
-What: /sys/block/rssd*/flags
-Date: May 2012
-KernelVersion: 3.5
-Contact: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com>
-Description: This is a read-only file. Dumps the flags in port and driver
- data structure
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
index db1ad7e34fc3..938ef71e2035 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
@@ -142,13 +142,14 @@ KernelVersion: 3.4
Contact: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Description:
This allows the user to examine and adjust the criteria by which
- mtd returns -EUCLEAN from mtd_read(). If the maximum number of
- bit errors that were corrected on any single region comprising
- an ecc step (as reported by the driver) equals or exceeds this
- value, -EUCLEAN is returned. Otherwise, absent an error, 0 is
- returned. Higher layers (e.g., UBI) use this return code as an
- indication that an erase block may be degrading and should be
- scrutinized as a candidate for being marked as bad.
+ mtd returns -EUCLEAN from mtd_read() and mtd_read_oob(). If the
+ maximum number of bit errors that were corrected on any single
+ region comprising an ecc step (as reported by the driver) equals
+ or exceeds this value, -EUCLEAN is returned. Otherwise, absent
+ an error, 0 is returned. Higher layers (e.g., UBI) use this
+ return code as an indication that an erase block may be
+ degrading and should be scrutinized as a candidate for being
+ marked as bad.
The initial value may be specified by the flash device driver.
If not, then the default value is ecc_strength.
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ Description:
block degradation, but high enough to avoid the consequences of
a persistent return value of -EUCLEAN on devices where sticky
bitflips occur. Note that if bitflip_threshold exceeds
- ecc_strength, -EUCLEAN is never returned by mtd_read().
+ ecc_strength, -EUCLEAN is never returned by the read operations.
Conversely, if bitflip_threshold is zero, -EUCLEAN is always
returned, absent a hard error.